Category: Features

WITH the theme “Winter Wonderland,” the Bedan Psychological Society (BPS) gathered its members, officers, and faculty for its General Assembly last Oct. 10 at the Rosendo Herrera Hall.

A Gen-Z walks into a café, a tote bag slung over their shoulder, along with anik-aniks swinging in every step. They order a matcha latte with oat milk, claim a seat by the window, and pull out a well-known feminist book. Wired earphones trail from their pocket, an odd choice over the hyped-up AirPods, as Clairo and Laufey fill the quiet space in between sips.

“HISTORY shows that embracing diversity and common values has often been the foundation of lasting peace, inspiring hope for a more united future,” Rev. Fr. Gerardo Ma. D. De Villa, OSB spoke in his opening remarks for the SBCA Model United Nations IV (MUN), exemplifying the heart of the event, harmony between nations. The MUN is a three-day yearly event where student delegates simulate diplomacy between nations through debates and discussions to create solutions to prevailing issues. This year’s MUN was held Oct. 6-8.

THROUGHOUT my four years in the Tertiary halls of San Beda College Alabang, many things have come and gone: faces, friends, and traditions, all weaving together into that premium Bedan experience. It is there, in those moments of shared laughter, nervous greetings, and collective excitement, that something deeper blossoms: a unifying experience across generations.

WHAT would you do if the very governing body tasked with protecting its citizens were the one purposefully incriminating you because of your profession or the work surrounding it? For some, this is only a troubling thought, but for others, it is a harsh reality. Take Frenchie Mae Cumpio, an investigative journalist unjustly detained in Tacloban City Jail for five years until today.

EVERY morning, many of us reach for a cup of coffee to start the day. At Ex-Preso, that cup carries more — hope in the beans, second chances in the sugar, new beginnings in the creamer, and a life slowly brewed with care.

FOR someone who once drowned in a vicious cycle of addiction and felt that no one else could lift him, the desire to change for the better was enticing. But for Fr. Flaviano Antonio ‘Flavie’ Villanueva, his journey to change did not just stop with himself, but he relentlessly continued with a goal in mind—to care and help the poor and the marginalized to renew their dignity, while also reintegrating them again into society.

WHEN all hope may seem lost, light sheds in the darkness. Cyberknife is an AI-powered radiosurgery technology that aims to treat tumors, both cancerous and non-cancerous. This new treatment arrived in the Philippines and was first introduced at the Asian Hospital and Medical Center in Muntinlupa City last July 28.

IMAGINE walking through crowded aisles of the wet market on a weekend with a budget in mind, just to realize that onions which were once ₱80 a kilo, now edge past ₱100. One of the newest forces behind them? The recently implemented 19% tariff on Philippine exports to the United States—a change that heavily impacts cargo ships unloading at the docks, all the way to the prices we see on our dining tables.

“THOUGH He (God) slay me, I will trust him,” said former Senator Benigno Ninoy S. Aquino Jr. in a Christian TV program in Washington, Virginia, where he was a guest before leaving to return to the Philippines. In a nation that was once built through the people’s power, the death of Ninoy Aquino is a reminder to Filipinos of how the country was built with peace and patriotism rather than arms and hatred.